Mum horrified as ‘toddler eats maggot-riddled Chicken McNuggets’ just a day after ‘a McDonald’s cheeseburger covered in maggots was given to another kid’

The woman said she made the stomach-churning discovery after visiting a branch in Salamander Bay, New South Wales, Australia

By Tom Michael and Sara Kamouni

11th August 2017, 10:51 am

Updated: 11th August 2017, 11:37 am

A MUM was left horrified after claiming her toddler ate maggot-riddled Chicken McNuggets – just a day after a McDonald’s cheeseburger covered in maggots was allegedly given to a kid in a nearby restaurant.

The unnamed mother said she made the stomach-churning discovery after visiting a branch of the restaurant in Salamander Bay, New South Wales, Australia, on July 14.

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A mum shared a clip of what appears to be a chicken nugget covered in maggots

She said she had fed one of the nuggets to her daughter and had already munched her way through several herself when she claims she noticed something “moving”.

Revolting footage claims to show maggots crawling all over one of the deep-fried chicken chunks.

The mum told 9news: “I rang the store straight away and she said, ‘Just bring them back and we’ll give you some fresh ones’.

“But I told her I didn’t feel like eating any more nuggets after that!”

After submitting an official complaint to McDonald’s head office, the woman said she received a letter telling her that she was the only one to report a problem.

The letter is quoted as saying: “We can confirm that all the restaurant records were reviewed and these were found to be within our strict specifications.

“Finally, we note that our Salamander Bay restaurant is a busy one. In fact, during the week of your purchase the restaurant registered 9,158 transactions … we can confirm that your complaint was the only one received.”

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The maggots can be seen wriggling around on the table next to the food

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The mum said McDonald's told her she was the only person who complained

But the mum said she wasn’t happy with the response, telling the news station: “I fed my child maggots and I ate maggots myself and personally I don’t have the money to fight it.”

She also said she flagged the issue to the local council – but a health inspection reportedly failed to find any problems.

A McDonald's spokesperson told Sun Online: “With our cooking processes and procedures, it is impossible for this to have occurred in our restaurant.